DUBLIN-Smurfit Kappa has rolled out the ‘Board Referee', which is exclusively developed across all of its production sites in Europe, as part of a commitment to bring customers cutting edge innovation throughout its operations. The pioneering Board Referee was designed by Smurfit Kappa's Development Centre in the Netherlands and continues the company's practice of using insight, applied expertise and measurement to develop high-performance packaging products.

MILAN, Italy, Oct. 28, 2014 (Press Release) -The special "Selezione Italiana" gift box by Academia Barilla (the Barilla brand that promotes Italian cuisine around the world), made using Favini's CartaCrusca and designed with the help of DraegerGPP, has been nominated as one of the six finalists in the Luxe Pack in Green Award for 2014.

SOLNA, Sweden, Oct. 28, 2014 (Press Release) -BillerudKorsnäs continues to act according to their growth agenda. This time with an investment of SEK 260 million at their production unit in Skärblacka that will increase the volume and improve the quality of sack papers produced there.

WAYNESVILLE, NC, Oct. 27, 2014 (Smoky Mountain News ) -Evergreen Packaging has been in talks with its employees since the spring, trying to hammer out a new contract. This month, the company reached a deal with members of the union.